“It is hereby notified that the Chief Justice, has in terms of section 162 (1) of the Electoral Act (Chapter 2:13), after consultation with the Judicial Service Commission and the Judge President of the High Court, appointed the judges of the High Court . . . to be the judges of the Electoral Court,” said Acting Chief Justice Gwaunza.

Zimbabwe is in election mode since the proclamation of the date for the holding of the crunch harmonised elections next month.

The country goes to the polls on July 30.

The Nomination Court sat on Thursday to receive nomination papers for all aspiring presidential, National Assembly members and local government councillors from various political parties contesting in this year’s election.

The court also received papers from independent candidates. At least 23 candidates were duly nominated to contest for the Presidency in the July 30 elections.

This is the highest number of candidates to ever participate in the country’s presidential election, although it is still way below the number of political parties which are reported to be over 130.

According to the electoral regulations, a candidate needs to be nominated by not fewer than 10 voters who are on the voters roll from each of the 10 Provinces, meaning one needs 100 votes. The Herald